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-WM I man Y I V I l WITNESSES: INVBNIGR i UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM n. ELLIOT, or New vonk, N. Y.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,315, dated February12, 1884.

Application filed December 3, 1883. (No modcl.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, W. H. ELLIOT, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at New York, in the county of `New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms,of which the following is a specification.

Theobje'ct and nature of my invention may be described as follows:

The object of my invention is to vprovide a cheaper and safer magazinelire-arm than any now in use; and the nature of my invention consists inthe use of certain appliances and methods, which are fully set forth inthe following specification and claims.

Figure 1 is a verticallongitudinal section of my improved arm, showingsome ofthelimbwork in elevation. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion ofthe limb-work, showing the position of the same when the chamber isopen. Fig. 3 is a plan of the brace, showing smaller parts attachedthereto. Fig. 4. is a front elevation of the bolt. Fig. 5 is a verticalcrosssection of the arm through the operatinghandle. Fig. 6 is avertical section of the brace, showing the levers for starting it' fromthe recoil-shoulders. Fig. 7 is a planof the carrier.

My invention is Vapplicable particularly to that kind of arm which hasatubular magazine arranged under the barrel, ,and a bolt orbreech-block'which moves in a line with the barrel .to close thechamber. It is also applicable to arms having detachable magazines.

The receiver a has' the barrel b screwed into its forward end in theusual way. It also supports the guard-strap g. This latter device hasupon its forward end an upward-project-- ingv portion, g', which isbored through to' receive and support the rear end of the -magazine-tubet. The upward projection, y', is provided with two lateralprojections-one upon each side-which rest against the forward endA ofthereceiver and serve as recoil-shoulders, as shown in my patent ofSeptember 18, 1883.

The breech-block ismoved back and forth,

locked, and the carrier operated by means substantially such as areshown in my patent may be formed upon the guard-strap or upon The thereceiver, as shown in said patents.

upper edges of the hollow handle a run in and are supported by parallelgrooves b,cut in the barrel above and independent of the magazinetube tand,` guard strap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This handle is providedwith a connecting-strap, h, which extends backward into the receiver,and is at its rear end connected with the breech-block by'means of thedownward-projectingarm or link ofthe brace d, said arm being pivoted atits lower end to the rear end of the connecting -strap at IL', and isalso connected atv its upper end, through the brace d, with thebreech-block at c, whereby the rear end of said connectingstrap is heldto a substantially parallel movement by the breech-block, independentofthe guard-strap as aguide or support. These lastmentioned features areamong the most important of my invention. The grooves or guides for thehandle being 'in the` barrel or above the magazine-tube, they are inalmost a direct line with the movement of the breechblock. There is,therefore, less tendency to lateral pressure and consequent frictionthan there would be if the guides for the handle were in theguard-strap, as shown in said patents.

By providing guides for the handle above and independent of both themagazine tube and guard-strap, the constructionof the guardstrap becomesmuch less expensive, as the long grooves for the connecting-strap 4andthe eX- tension of the guard-strap forward of the receiver are bothdispensed with. In addition to these advantages there is still furtherthe advantage of having'the magazine-tube independent of allof themoving parts of the breech mechanism, as in thatv case the breechmechanism can be assembled and its movements tested without having themagazine in its place, and the magazine may be taken out for repairs orcleaning without disturbing the rest l also forms a recess, r, for thereception of the of the arm; and while out the arm may be used asasingle breech-loader as practically as with the magazine in place,which is sometimes very desirable. The carrier sis pivoted near its rearend, and is provided with an upward projection, s', in rear. of itspivot, whereby its forward end is raised by the brace during itsbackward movement, as shown in Fig. 2, and is depressed to receive acartridge from the magazine by the inclined surfaces e and e on theforward end of the breech-block.' The carrier is slotted or bifurcated,as shown in Fig. 7, the two sides being connected together at theforward end by the bar s, and vmay-be similarly connected at the rearend, if so desired. As the arm is being closed, the surface e, movingalong upon the carrier, partly depresses it, when the surface e', comingagainst the bar s, forces the carrier down to the position shown in Fig.1.

l v By reference to Fig. l it may be seen that the surface of the rearend of the brace d is cut eccentric to the axis of that device, andconcentric with the center t' considerably above the axis of the brace;also, that the shoulders d on each side of the brace, being struck fromthe same'center, are parallel and equally' eccentric to the said axis.The recoil-shoulders g arerigidly supported by the receiver,

. and have a for-m corresponding with that of the end of the brace cl,so that the downward movement of the rear end of the brace, actingagainst the recoil-shoulders, carries the bolt forward with great force,to complete the insertion ofthe cartridge. The pins or shoulders mproject rigidly from the inner surface of the receiver, and rest againstthe eccentric surfaces d', so that when the brace is raised in the actof opening the chamber, the pins m, acting upon the eccentric shouldersd', cam

' the bolt back with equal force to start a shell that sticks in thechamber.

By reference to Figs. l, 3, and 6 it may be seen that the arm d" of thebrace is pivoted to that device at 0', and has a limited movement inrelation to it, without affecting its function of moving the bolt; also,that the said arm has a projection backward at its upper end, whichrests against the under side of the rear end of the lever o, which isalso pivoted to the brace at o', and rests at its rear end upon the topofthe recoil-shoulders g. When in the manipulation of the arm the lowerend of the arm d is carried backward, it acts as a lever to raise theforward end of the lever o, which,

' in turn, acting upon the top ofthe recoil-shoulcentral portion of therear end of the brace when the bolt is back and the chamber open. Bythis construction of the hammer the rear end of the receiver is kept atall times closed, and room is provided for the carrier and brace Withoutincreasing the length of the receiver for that purpose.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me byLetters Patent of the-United States is- 1. The combination, in amagazine fire-arm, of the longitudinally-reciprocating strap h,pivotally connected at its rear end to the arm d of the bracevof thebreech-block, and having at its forward end the handle a, with in-'wardly-projecting arms or edges, taking with the grooves or guides inthe barrel above and independent of both the magazine-tube and theguard-strap, whereby the handle is supported and guided independently ofsaid tube and guard-strap, and the rear end of said connecting-strap isguided by the breech-block, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a magazine fire-arm, the construction and combination of devicessubstantially as follows: a breech-blockl for closing the chamber,movable in a line with the barrel, actuated by alongitudinally-reciprocatin g handle, n, arranged forward of thereceiver, through a suitable connection therewith, and having upon itsforward end the inclined surfaces or cams e and c', a bifurcated orslotted carrier pivoted at its rear end and provided with bar s, uponwhich said surfaces act, whereby the carrier is depressed from itshighest to its lowest position by the'said inclined surfaces during theforward movement of the breechblock, substantially as specified.

3. In a magazine lire-arm, a breech-block, movable in a line with thebarrel,bearing the pivotally-connected brace, and having the ec; centricbearing-surfaces cl, for forcing the cartridge into the chambenand d',for starting the cartridge-shell out of the chamber, in

combination with the receiver having the sta- A tionary shoulders g andm rigidly fastened thereto, whereby the cartridge is forced home inthechamber, and the shell is started out of the chamber by the alternateraising and lowering of the brace, substantially as shown and described.

' 4. In a magazine fire-arm, a breech-block provided with a brace forresisting the recoil ofthe charge, which brace abuts upon suitablerecoil-shoulders that are formed eccentric to the axis of the brace andare supported by the receiver, and in combination therewith the twolevers d and o, both being pivoted to the brace and acted upon by thedevices that give movement to the breech mechanism, to displace thebrace from the recoil-shoulders, substantially as specified.

, 5. In a magazine re-arm, a hammer havving the curved projection rextending forroo Ward from the face of the hammer under the end of thebrace occupies said recess when rear end of the bolt, and the recess runder the arm is open, andthe rear end of the re- 1o said projection, incombination with the carceiver is kept all the time closed7substantially rier s and brace d, the vparts being arranged as shown anddescribed.

in such relation to each other that during Y WM. H. ELLIOT. themanipulation of the arm the rear end of Witnesses: the carrier occupiestherecess r when the G. J. EHBETs,

' arm is closed and the hammer down, the rear` S. F. FRASIOK.

